Queens of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) discriminate among larvae on the basis of relatedness

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-170

  Panek, Laura M ^a   Gamboa, George J ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUEEN; RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES FUSCATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034097309     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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